To provide a packaging container having excellent appearance which saves on resources by minimizing the use of a material by eliminating tape affixation or the like.

The packaging container has a packaging outer box 11 with a top face opened and a transparent see-through cover 12. The packaging outer box 11 comprises: a bottom plate 13; a front side plate 18; a back side plate 19; a left side plate 20 and a right side plate 21; and a left top plate 24 and a right top plate 25 integrated with upper edges of the left side plate 20 and the right side plate 21 via folds 22, 23. The container further comprises a front upper edge plate 31 and a back upper edge plate 34 having a predetermined width on upper edges of the front side plate 18 and the back side plate 19. The see-through cover 12 is formed in a flat plate with a front side piece 64 and a back side piece 65 integrated with a front side edge and a back side edge, respectively. The top face of the packaging outer box 11 is covered by the see-through cover 12, a side of the see-through cover 12 is held by the left top plate 24 and the right top plate 25, and a content A is stored in the packaging outer box 11 so as to be seen through via the see-through cover 12.