The present invention relates to a road paver for paving paving material in a paving direction (a), comprising a machine frame, a driver's platform, a drive motor, a chassis with at least a left travel unit and a right travel unit, a material container arranged at the front of the road paver in the paving direction (a) for receiving paving material, the material container comprising a left container half and a right container half, which each have a container floor, a rising container sidewall and a rising container rear wall, and a longitudinal conveying device configured to transport paving material from the material container to a paving screed arranged at the rear of the road paver in the paving direction, wherein the container halves can be moved out of a filling position in order to move the paving material onto the longitudinal conveying device, wherein at least one container half has a viewing indentation, which extends from the container rear wall to the container floor in such a way that the ground can be viewed by the operator on the driver's platform through the viewing indentation.