If museums in Amsterdam weren't so expensive, it wouldn't be bad to make the cafe in the Stedelijk one of your peripatetic homes. It's large and spacious and light and relaxed and looks out onto a sculpture garden.

The food isn't bad and the coffee is cheap and there's always an exhibit of interest just a few feet from your table. It might be worth the price of a museum card just to pop in and out at will - it's a good place to come to get out of the rain. Besides which the toilets are clean.

Café at the Stedelijk
Museumplein